Hrt cost if insurance cover?

[Randy1980]

Hello just curious of the rough cost of androgen blockers and estrogen if my insurance doesn't cover it all I'm trying to get an estimate of what it may cost me. I live in the u.s by the way

[Deborah]

It depends on your policy and its copay.  With mine I pay $10 per prescription if I go to the pharmacy or $0 if it do it through mail order.


Sapere Aude

[Randy1980]

I'm asking the cost if I don't use insurance. Not sure if my insurance will cover it yet so I'm trying to figure out my worse case scenerio

[Deborah]

With a typical dose it will be about $30 for the estrogen and $55 for the spiro. 


Sapere Aude

[Maybebaby56]

Hi Randy,

You can get a good idea of the costs by going to a site like goodrx.com.  Without insurance, spironolactone (50 mg tabs) is about $10-15/month.  Estradiol prices vary greatly, depending on the dosage form.  Tablets (1 mg) are cheap - also about $10-15/month.  Transdermal patches (0.1 mg/day) are the most expensive - they can run  $30-80 a box without insurance.

Hope that helps.

With kindness,

Terri

[Kitty June]

Transdermal run 24-28 with good rx at Walmart. That seems to be the cheapest and has kept me going while I don't have insurance. Thank god that that kicks in on the first.

[Kitty June]

Oh, good rx is the way to go if you don't have insurance. I was told about it by my first doctor for hrt. It's been a life saver

[Randy1980]

So less than 100 a month for everything I would need.. that is managable.. hoping my insurance company will cover it but I'm a little concerned that it could get back to my employer in some way if I use the insurance. I read somewhere that if the Dr lists it as a hormonal imbalance you have a better chance of it being covered so I will look into that. Thank you all for your input I appreciate it

[BreeD]

Not sure if my insurance will cover it yet

I was really worried about insurance rebuking me, but so far, not even a blink from anyone.  Mine are all generic, covered by BC and $10 or less (except fin which I started for hair loss). 

[WendyA]

My insurance has an online tool where you can look up the specific drug to see if it's covered.  It also tells you if pre-approval or special circumstances apply.  With either spiro or estradiol no special reason is required, they were both covered.